/C FZAK70 PANC 250910 CCB
ICEANC
SEA ICE ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN COASTAL
WATERS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
ISSUED 346 PM AST MON 24 MAR 2003
FORECAST VALID SAT 29 MAR 2003

CORRECTED FOR INCORRECT DATES IN HEADER AND TYPO IN COOK INLET
ICE ANALYSIS.

PLEASE CALL THE RUSS PAGE AT 907 266 5113 OR FAX TO ICE DESK AT
907 266 5188 OR EMAIL TO russpage.ice@noaa.gov IF THE ANALYSIS IN
YOUR AREA IS WRONG. TYPE THE URL pafc.arh.noaa.gov/ice.php IN
LOWER CAST TO OBTAIN A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THE ICE ANALYSIS AND
5 DAY ICE FORECAST ON THE INTERNET. PLEASE NOTE THAT TIMELY
DELIVERY OF DATA AND PRODUCTS THROUGH THE INTERNET IS NOT
GUARANTEED.

CONFIDENCE...HIGH TO MODERATE FOR THE BERING SEA AND COOK INLET. 

ARCTIC OCEAN.
SEA ICE COVERED.

BERING SEA.
AREA 9A. NORTON SOUND...SLEDGE ISLAND TO NUNAKTUK ISLAND.
AREA 9B. ST. LAWRENCE WATERS...DALL POINT TO  WALES.
SEA ICE COVERED.

AREA 14 ST. MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS.
AREA 8. CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT.
AREA 6A. BRISTOL BAY NORTH PORTION FROM CAPE NEWENHAM TO 
   PORT HEIDEN.
BERING SEA OFFSHORE.

THE MAIN ICE EDGE LIES NORTH OF A CURVE FROM 5 NM WEST SOUTHWEST
OF EGEGIK TO 57.7N 158.3W TO 58N 158W TO 58.1N 159.3W TO 
58.7N 159.2W. THE ICE EDGE THEN CONTINUES FROM 58.8N 160W TO
58N 160W TO 58.3N 161.5W T0 58.2N 162W TO 58N 161.8W TO 
57.4N 163.5W TO 57.8N 169W TO 58.1N 170.7W TO 59.7N 175W TO 
59.7N 176.8W TO 60.1N 177.8W TO 61N 179W TO 60.7N 179.5W TO
61.6N 176.8E TO 60.4N 171.3E AND SOUTHWEST.

EAST OF 163W...THE ICE EDGE IS 1 TO 8 TENTHS NEW AND YOUNG ICE.
WEST OF 163W...THE ICE EDGE IS 1 TO 10 TENTHS FIRST YEAR
THIN...YOUNG AND NEW ICE OFTEN LYING IN STRIPS. THE MAIN PACK
ICE LIES WITHIN 35 NM OF THE ICE EDGE.

THE ICE EDGE IS 50 NM NORTH OF ST. PAUL ISLAND AND 70 NM
SOUTHWEST OF ST. MATTHEW ISLAND.

FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE OVER THE WEST
COAST OF ALASKA FRIDAY AND DISSIPATE.

A LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 300 NM NORTH OF
SHEMYA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL DISSIPATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

A LOW NEAR 63N 164E WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA SATURDAY.

NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY.

IN BRISTOL BAY...THE ICE EDGE WILL MOVE SOUTH 15 NM BY SATURDAY
WITH MOST OF THE MOVEMENT OCCURRING BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

BETWEEN CAPE NEWENHAM AND 167W...
ICE EDGE MOVEMENT
TIME                     MOVEMENT
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY    10 NM TO THE SOUTH
THURSDAY                 LITTLE CHANGE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY      5 NM TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST
NET MOVEMENT             6 NM TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST

WEST OF 167W...THE ICE EDGE WILL MOVE 25 NM TO THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH SATURDAY.

COOK INLET.

THE MAIN ICE EDGE LIES NORTH OF A CURVE EXTENDING FROM
2 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE EAST FORELAND TO 5 NM SOUTH OF THE
EAST FORELAND TO 4 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE EAST FORELAND TO 10 NM
NORTH OF THE WEST FORELAND TO 2 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE WEST FORELAND
TO THE WEST FORELAND. THE ICE EDGE IS 1 TO 8 TENTHS NEW AND BRASH
ICE OFTEN LYING IN STRIPS.

OPEN WATER LIES WITHIN 2 NM OF THE REDOUBT BAY COAST.

4 TO 6 TENTHS NEW AND BRASH ICE LIES IN TUXEDNI AND CHINITNA
BAYS.

4 TO 6 TENTHS NEW AND BRASH ICE LYING IN A STRIPS 3 NM WIDE LIES
BETWEEN BRUIN BAY AND A POINT 10 NM SOUTHEAST OF BRUIN BAY.

7 TO 8 TENTHS NEW AND BRASH LIES WITHIN 5 NM OF THE SOUTH COAST
OF KAMISHAK BAY.

THE REST OF COOK INLET IS SEA ICE FREE. 

FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY.

A LARGE LOW 350 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST
ALASKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

A LOW 500 NM SOUTH OF HOMER THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE OVER
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FRIDAY NIGHT.

NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BRASH ICE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY.

LITTLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR IN THE ICE EDGE THROUGH SATURDAY.

NORTH OF THE EAST AND WEST FORELANDS...THE ICE WILL BECOME
CONCENTRATED ON THE WESTERN HALF OF THE INLET.

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